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Motorola Droid picture sampler |
I’ve been using the Motorola Droid for a
week now, and while the device is quite
impressive overall, the camera is a
mess…
“But wait,” you protest, “those shots
look fine.” Sure, the Droid can take
pretty decent pictures (slide show). But
I’m a camera buff, and do you know how
much effort I put into these?
It usually takes 3 to 5 attempts for
the auto-focus to actually work, the
camera must often be tricked into using
the right exposure, color balance is all
over the map, and don’t even get me
started about low-light performance –
that small sensor is noisy!
The Motorola ZN5 (ZINE) camera is truly
remarkable, so I hope Motorola can fix
most of these problems in a future
update.
When it comes to stills, the Droid
camera is no match for the Nokia N900 or
N97. Andy Ihnatko claims that the iPhone
3GS beats the Droid, but based on my
time using both phones, I don’t think he
put much effort into his pictures :)
I agree that normobs will get better
results with the iPhone 3GS, but
photographers will do better with the
Droid, especially once Motorola tweaks
the firmware.
The Droid supports video recording with
a resolution of 720×480 pixels at 24
fps, matching the excellent Nokia N900
and Samsung Memoir. There’s no initial
auto-focus, however.
Here is a sample video.
For more information, visit tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/motorola
-droid-camera/
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items are from between 31 Oct 2009 & 05 Nov 2009.